Raskolnikov

Character in Crime and Punishment From: Crime and Punishment

Protagonist; impoverished student and philosopher struggling with guilt

364 quotes

"Hope is the cruelest of all human illusions."
Hope
"The invisible chains of society bind us more tightly than iron."
Freedom
"The pursuit of power corrupts even the purest intentions."
Power
"The greatest crimes are committed in the name of reason."
Justice
"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man"
Philosophy
"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I killed her"
Power
"Man can get used to anything, the beast!"
Strength
"The truth is that I am certainly a scoundrel"
Truth
"We are all responsible for everyone and everything"
Philosophy
"How little a man needs for happiness!"
Happiness
"The mind can endure no more"
Strength
"I have a right to kill if I have the power"
Power
"All is permitted to the extraordinary man"
Philosophy
"A man may be base in a thousand ways but never so base as to despair"
Hope
"I have been broken like a cheap vase"
"A lie is more comfortable than the truth"
Truth
"Forgiveness is harder than punishment"
Courage
"I must confess to restore my humanity"
"The poor live in a different world than the rich"
"The world is divided between the weak and the strong"
Philosophy
"I am the architect of my own damnation"
"We are all murderers in our hearts at some moment"
"The law of nature is kill or be killed"
Philosophy
"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."
Philosophy
"The more I live, the more I realize that I understand nothing."
Wisdom
"I wanted to murder the old woman and take her money without any further messing about."
"Every one is talking of me, watching me. How unbearable it is."
Fear
"I feel that I might be able to love her still, but I feel a kind of hatred for her."
Relationships
"What have I done? I have killed a louse, a vile, loathsome louse."
"The truth is that there is no truth!"
Truth